SME

International insurance broker Howden has acquired Manchester-headquartered intermediary Reich Insurance Group for an undisclosed sum. Reich serves UK and international clients, has more than 140 employees and is led by Simon Taylor...

Santé Group is working with Pulse Insurance to help develop the insurer’s first product for its entry into the private medical insurance (PMI) market. The product will be a new entry level...

Pulse Insurance is launching a new health insurance and employee benefits brand - Pulse Clarity. The provider already offers specialist protection plans and group life schemes and is now moving into the...

Allianz Global Benefits (AGB), the employee benefits network of the Allianz Group, has joined Allianz Partners. The firm said the strategic move had been effective from the turn of the year and...

Millions of people in the UK have felt forced to go private to fund some of all of their treatment due to waits for NHS treatment, according to an Office for National...

The vast majority of over-55s do not feel their employer offers them appropriate workplace benefits, according to research from Canada Life. The insurer's survey of 2,000 UK adults found just one in...

Santé Group's employee benefits app MySanté is set to launch next month, with an employee benefits platform enabling employees to house all of their benefits in one place set to follow later...

Axa Health has seen take-up of its neurodiversity assessment and support service “three or four times” higher than expected and it has been extended to the insurer’s own workforce. The insurer has...

Insurance industry bosses have been warned that employees judge them by their deeds, so what they do about 'Handy Andy in accounts' is just as important as any other measure they can...

Lord Kamlesh Patel of Bradford is step down as the chairman of the Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) at the organisation's annual general meeting in March.  The IHPN said its board had...